Writing the future : prognostic texts of medieval England

Présentation en anglais

This study examines methods of predicting the future in
medieval England as recorded in a variety of previously
unpublished texts ranging from moon-based calculations
(including zodiacal lunaries) and horoscopes, texts identifying
times regarded as favourable or unfavourable for
specific initiatives and enterprises, dreambooks, treatises
derived from geomancy, to so-called "books of fate" which
exploit the tradition of sortes, and miscellaneous items on
prognostic phenomena such as weather and birthdates.
The choice of topics about which enlightenment was
sought proves to be remarkably consistent, the product
of both Latin traditions and local cultural conditions.
The book provides a counterpart to, and extension of,
Lázló Chardonnens's monograph, Anglo-Saxon Prognostics,
900-1100 : Study and Texts (2007).

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: Tony Hunt (Editore)
• Editore: Classiques Garnier
• Lingue: Inglese, Francese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 03.09.2013
• EAN: 9782812410888
• ISBN: 978-2-8124-1088-8
• Pagine: 359
• Dimensioni: 150 mm x 220 mm x 19 mm
• Peso: 502 g
• Serie: Textes littéraires du Moyen Age, n° 27. Divinatoria, n° 3; Textes Litteraires Du Moyen Ag; Textes littéraires du Moyen Age, n° 39. Divinatoria, n° 5; Textes littéraires du Moyen Age, n° 21. Divinatoria, n° 1; Textes littéraires du Moyen Age, n° 43. Divinatoria, n° 6; Textes littéraires du Moyen Age, n° 43. Divinatoria, n° 6; Textes Litteraires Du Moyen Ag; Textes littéraires du Moyen Age, n° 24. Divinatoria, n° 2; Textes littéraires du Moyen Age, n° 24. Divinatoria, n° 2; Textes littéraires du Moyen Age, n° 21. Divinatoria, n° 1
• Categoria: Saggistica > Psicologia, esoterismo, spiritualità, antroposofia